CUPS Companion v 1.2.11 - Clients not browsing

[Michael Sweet]

Robert wrote:
>> Robert wrote:
>>> I've installed the CUPS companion CD v1.2.11 (Printer and drivers and tools) on AIX 5.3 TL06
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>>> I'm using CUPS in an AIX VIO environment.
>>>
>>> I was able to configure a printer on the CUPS server and print to it. When I configured the client it doesn't browse the server and pick up the printer.
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>> Are the client and server on the same subnet?
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>> Michael R Sweet                        Senior Printing System Engineer
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> Hi Michael,
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> Yup. Both on the same subnet. They are talking across a virtual lan. I can telnet to the CUPS server port from the client and I can look at the printers on the server from the client by using lpstat -h <server> -t. But lpinfo -v or lpstat -t dont show anything on the client.

If the virtual LAN doesn't support broadcast or isn't routing UDP
packets on port 631, then the client will never see them.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com